Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and the Dubai Police will run a year-long trial of a new safety scheme on Sheikh Zayed Road from 16 September onwards.
The new scheme named 'Traffic Incidents Management Scheme’ aims to ensure that vehicles involved in traffic accidents on the 70 km long Sheikh Zayed Road are cleared in the quickest possible time to streamline the traffic flow at the accident site. The new scheme also aims to reduce further accidents at the scene.
A meeting was held between Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, and Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, in the presence of Major-General Al Sallal Saeed Bin Huwaidi Al Falasi, Director of Administrative Affairs, to finalise the initiative.
RTA and Dubai Police have agreed to deploy a team at Dubai Police Command and Control Room, of Dubai Police, and a process will be set out for communication between the Operations Room, Traffic Control Center and dedicated patrol vehicles on the E311 Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road.
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According to studies commissioned by RTA, the scheme will help reduce congestion along with associated costs by as much as 25%, and save extra expenses incurred by Dubai Police as well.
The meeting also discussed the expansion of RTA’s Intelligent Traffic Systems. The plan envisages the designing and building of an integrated infrastructure of Intelligent Traffic Systems and the building of a new Traffic Management Control Center at Al Barsha. It involves broadening the coverage of the Intelligent Traffic Systems from 11% to 60% of the road network in Dubai and speeding up the detection, as well as response to accidents on Dubai roads.
Also at the meeting, the RTA and Dubai Police agreed to intensify the enforcement of measures and carry out more awareness campaigns to highlight the serious outcome of failing to renew vehicle registration.
The joint meeting also highlighted reckless driving on Dubai roads, including those riding bikes. It was reported that about 1,700 bikes had been seized in Dubai in 2017.
Major General Al Marri said, “The coordinative meetings of Dubai Police General HQ and RTA are of immense benefit for the Emirate as well as the joint business. They contribute to the achieving objectives relating to enhanced security, tranquillity and happiness amongst citizens and residents of this land.”